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Sunday, Jun 28, 2009

WHM048: Honey Claws II

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Again, I know these are long overdue. These were recordings from SXSW.

Again: I'm not very happy with the audio quality, I was recording it using a built-in mic on the recorder. On retrospect, I should've bought along a professional mic and plug it into the input. So apology for the poor audio once again.

HONEY CLAWS
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On the interview: Thomas Sahs and Jon Von Letscher

Download the original interview last year.

This year, the interview was conducted in a car, listening to their EP, Healer. At one point Tom got distracted by "the twins".


Their song of choice, "Beat Of The Wet Eve", is about being in Costa Rica. Tom showed me his stingray bite and oooh it was nasty.

I try to make it to their show that night, but the (tiny) venue was packed full of people. It looked pretty awesome and everyone was having a great time.

Currently, it looks like Jon is in Sweden.

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Saturday, Jun 27, 2009

WHM047: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

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Again, I know these are long overdue. These were recordings from SXSW.

Again: I'm not very happy with the audio quality, I was recording it using a built-in mic on the recorder. On retrospect, I should've bought along a professional mic and plug it into the input. So apology for the poor audio once again.


THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR
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I talked to: Lars Iversen

Again, lots of background noise. We moved to a quieter area in the interview.

Lars had never played "Tap Tap Revenge 2", so I had him play on his own song: "Around the Bend".

The band is still doing quite well in the UK, currently touring. They seem really excited to support Katy Perry for their show in Luxembourg.07/04/09 Eurockeennes De Belfort Belfort, FR
07/05/09 Metropolis Festival Rotterdam, NL
07/06/09 Rockhal (Supporting Katy Perry) Luxembourg
07/11/09 Terres Du Son Festival Monts
07/16/09 Dour Festival Dour
07/17/09 Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux
07/18/09 Latitude Festival Henham Park, Southwold, UK
07/24/09 Secret Garden Party Huntingdon, UK, East
07/25/09 Les 3 Elephants Festival Laval
07/29/09 Cabaret Vert Festival Charleville-Mézières

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Friday, Jun 19, 2009

WHM046: Solid Gold

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I know these are long overdued. These were recordings from SXSW.

First of all, I'm not very happy with the audio quality, I was recording it using a built-in mic on the recorder. On retrospect, I should've bought along a professional mic and plug it into the input. So apology for the poor audio once again.

SOLID GOLD
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I talked to: Zach, Matt, and Adam (not sure what happened to their drummer).

This was conducted in an open restraurant, and at one point in the interview, the waiter came and took our orders (we ordered coffee & tea). Also the first question came via text and it was "What's up with those mustaches?".

As I have previously mentioned, these guys are cool and don't really take themselves too seriously.

06/20/09 Rock the Garden w/ the decemberists, calexico, and yeasayer minneapolis
07/31/09 The Zoo w/ the pines and jeremy messersmith minnesota zoo
If you notice, the interviews were quick & dirty. There were some questions/answers that I threw out, mostly because they were uninteresting or poor audio.

Next week: two more shows!

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Friday, Jun 19, 2009

WHM045: The May Fire

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I know these are long overdued. These were recordings from SXSW.

First of all, I'm not very happy with the audio quality, I was recording it using a built-in mic on the recorder. On retrospect, I should've bought along a professional mic and plug it into the input. So apology for the poor audio once again.

THE MAY FIRE
themayfire.com
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I talked to: Catty, El Pipe, Johnny Beane (missing is Rob, who wandered off).


This audio is pretty poor, you can hear another band doing soundcheck in the background as we quickly got the band to talk about how the name came about and how Johnny Beane joined them, when their original guitarist left.

At of the time, they were looking to write a full length album, since they have released three EPs.

If you notice, the interviews were quick & dirty. There were some questions/answers that I threw out, mostly because they were uninteresting or poor audio.

Next week: two more shows!


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Tuesday, Apr 14, 2009

WHM044: Katy Perry's "Hot N Cold"

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So, what exactly is Katy Perry suggesting when she's singing her hits, "UR So Gay" and "I Kissed a Girl" from her album One of the Boys? She's definitely capture the hearts of young boys & girls everywhere, that's for certain.

I honestly don't know when Perry's career took off, but I am under the impression that she's from the Disney's school of pop music (such as High School Musical and Mickey Mouse Club), which also means that she started her career very young. As it turns out, she started singing in church choirs, coming from a pastor Christian background.

The song that I'll be talking about is "Hot N Cold" (note awful spellings). I first heard this song playing the original Tap Tap Revenge on the iPod Touch, and was surprise to see that Capitol Records didn't bother porting the song over to Tap Tap Revenge 2.

What I instantly liked about the song is that the lyrics makes a lot of sense to me. You could singalong and just start making up your own opposite lyrics, such as fast and slow/dumb and smart/fit and fat, and it won't matter because the actual lyrics aren't that much more cleverer: hot and cold/yes and no/in and out/up and down. Still, it's a fun song.

The video is also fun, showing us what Katy would look like if she was a Bridezilla, chasing after her runaway groom. Three points for having a guy in a hotdog suit in the video, by the way. No points for that pointless rock concert in the middle of the video.

Anyway, if you like the song, it's from her album One of the Boys on Capitol Records.


Dereks wrote:
Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 8:02 AM

In fact, she isn't from Disney Club. Quite opposite. AFAIK she had been in and around music industry for several years, but when it came to the moment of signing with some major label - she didn't, because wanted to be in charge, without all that crap "do this, do that, say it like that, act so and so", etc. I don't know what it the situation today, but what I like about her - is that she seems to be the only alive, not glitter-zombified pop-star right now. She writes (by hersef) blog, along with a vlog, expresses herself freely. Yes, her recent hits are just bubblegum pink pop, but before that her style was something which is very close to pain old indie-rock. Unfortunately album of that era was never officially released, though fully recorded and several songs even got music videos.

And secondly there is this track "Ur so gay", which is absolutely awesome. Obviously it's not a product of Disney Club.

Dereks wrote:
Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:38 AM

BTW I just came along this video few days ago. Made by Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine) band called Los Colorados. I think it's a pretty neat remake :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpldChvYY8A&

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Tuesday, Mar 03, 2009

WHM043: Robyn's "Konichiwa Bitches"

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Robin Miriam Carlsson, aka Robyn is a Swedish pop singer, who started her career in music at the age of 13 when the Swedish television show Lilla Sportspegeln used a recording of Robyn's theme song "Du kan alltid bli nummer ett" ("You can always be number one").

Since then, she went on to three albums to date: Robyn Is Here (1995), My Truth (1999) and Don't Stop the Music (2002). She left BMG records in favor of her own label, Konichiwa Records, releasing a self-titled album in 2005.



Christopher was highly amused at the so-called rap song she came back with in 2007 called "Konichiwa Bitches" ... which was really the first time I had heard of the song. Sorry, it's not like I listen to pop music in general.

One of the reason why I liked the song is that it has a lot of lyrics. Like most speech rap songs, it boasts how awesome she is and how she's "gifted all natural".

As much as some people might dismiss her lyrics as stupid, I think they're pretty fun and clever. She makes lots of references, such as Muhammad Ali's fights "The Rumble in the Jungle" (You wanna rumble in my jungle I'll take you on) and "Thrilla in Manila" (You wanna thrilla in my nilla you'll be killer bee stung) or those Mazda car commercials ('Cause my flava is so sweet you'll be zoom, zoom, zoom).

The single had a bunch of remixes, but my favorite is the Klas Ahlund.
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Sunday, Feb 22, 2009

WHM042: Franz Ferdinand's "L. Wells"

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For my second episode on favorite songs and breakdown, we take a look at Scottish rock band Fran Ferdinand. Named after Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the band first break-out single is "Take Me Out", debuting #3 on the UK Charts.

With other hit singles like "This Fire", the band's debut album became a fan-favorite - unfortunately, I didn't particularly cared for their sophomore album You Could Have It So Much Better... which the title saids it all. Perhaps it's due to their annoying song "Do You Want To"?

Their latest album is called Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, which sounds like a live album, but it's not. Between You Could Have It So Much Better and Tonight, they quietly released The Fallen EP, which was basically a "Double A" single of Fallen and L.Wells.

"L. Wells" is quite excellent. The song is about singer Alex Kapranos' friend and acquaintance Lynsey Wells, describing her as beautiful and innocent. Unfortunately the video is played by Saskia Pomeroy for the part of Lynsey Wells (apparently she was too busy helping orphanages in Africa) and was mostly inspired by Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey and Julie Christie in Billy Liar.

My least favorite part of the song is the bridge which slows down the song to let everyone know that Kapranos has very bad memory.

Great Western Wind catches in your Celtic hair
Flicks it round your face like flames around the sun
In the bright cold air you seem as innocent and fair
As Rita Tushingham in 1961

Well, Lynsey Wells
How I wish that I could feel so good
I wish that I could be as good as you
Well, Lynsey Wells
How I wish that I could feel the good
Beyond the poison in us like you do

Trivia, the reference to "You'll Never Walk Alone" is from the motto and anthem of Liverpool FC (Football), whom apparently Wells is a huge supporter.

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Monday, Feb 16, 2009

WHM041: Belle & Sebastian's "Your Cover's Blown"

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It's been a while since our last podcast, part of the problem was that it was just taking longer and longer to produce (this is especially true when we have three guests on at a time).



Since I still would like to continue the radio show, I've decided I am going to do a series of these breakdown of songs for you. I'll have to warn you that these upcoming songs are songs that I have listened to a dozen time and know them like the back of my hand. So they might not be your cup of tea.



My first song of choice is "Your Cover's Blown" by Belle & Sebastian. If you've never heard a B&S song, this song sounds nothing like they've ever done.... by venturing into the strange world of funk and piecing together three or four different songs into one gigantic epic of a song.



Clocking in at six minutes (I am wrong in thinking it's eight minutes - it should be eight minutes...), this song takes you on a rollcoaster of a ride... even ending on a false ending.



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Sunday, Oct 12, 2008

W♥M027: Kerry Politzer, Tracy Shedd, and Emelia

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This has been a very special all-women guest episode #27 of We Heart Music Radio, special thanks goes to Kerry Politzer, Tracy Shedd , James Tritten, and Emelia. Music used in the show includes Kerry Politzer, Tracy Shedd, Dawn Drake, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Garlands, The Happy Birthdays, Camera Obscura, and Soko. If you would like to appear on a future We Heart Music Radio show, please contact vu@weheartmusic.com. Thank you for listening.

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PART ONE: KERRY POLITZER
http://www.kerrypolitzer.com
http://www.myspace.com/kerrypolitzer

From New York, jazz/pop musician Kerry details her interview experience:
-"You Took Me In" as pop music vs previous classical jazz albums.
-Politzer's podcast and upcoming shows
-The internet, myspace, lastFM, and iLike
-Second Life

PART TWO: TRACY SHEDD
http://www.tracyshedd.com
http://www.myspace.com/tracyshedd

Indie musician, Tracy, from Arizona talked about:
-Her background, various band members
-CMJ
-Teenbeat Records
-"Louder than You Can Hear" album for free
-Filming of "Whatever It Takes" video

PART THREE: EMELIA
http://daftpansy.vox.com
http://www.myspace.com/hey_emelia

We talked about:
-FRESYES.
-The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Garlands, The Happy Birthdays
-She can play the ukulele!
-iPod drama, Santagold and Soko

Overall, another wonderful little show. Forgive me that it's really long (nearly an hour), and I keep promising to keep the show brief (which apparently is not happening). Although I do end up throwing out 20% of what's recorded, most of our conversations are solid gold!

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Wednesday, Oct 10, 2007

WHM014: Hacktone Part 2

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In part two of our interview with Hacktone Records' David Gorman, we look at the label's struggle with traditional retailers vs digital stores (such as iTunes and Amazon).

We also discuss what's in store for the future: including some release of Stax Records and - surprisingly, a J-Pop band called Love Psychedelico.

Looking at their discography, it seems they've released a few albums, including a recent one last June 2007 called Golden Grapefruit.

We'll definitely return later to talk more about Love Psychedelico, later down the road.

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